Project Statement

by J. Drucker

This book was conceived in summer 1979 after a visit with my brother in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The book is structured as a sample book, so that only the edge of each page is originally revealed. Lifting each flap reveals yet more
intimate and interior thoughts, and flipping the pages up to see the text on the underside goes yet farther into private thought. While I was intent
on using the multi-level structure to create various stages of exposure, they also organized the text into different tones and registers. Mine
was as much the private zone being protected here as his.
The writing was descriptive, but cryptic

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Johanna Drucker

Agents

Johanna Drucker

type: initiating

role: author printer artist

nationality: born: United Statesactive: United Statescitizenship: United States

dates: birth: 1952-05-30

Publication Information

publisher: Druckwerk

dates: publication: 1980-00-00

publication history: One edition only, though the cover stock varied somewhat throughout, and a few copies had
color xerox versions of the portrait, instead of the original printed and painted one. [J. Drucker]

Aesthetic Profile

movement: unknown

subject: artists' books (LCSH)

themes: My brother and his conflicts and difficulties. [J. Drucker]

content form: narrative (local) experimental text (local)

publication tradition: artists' book (local)

inspiration: Sample books. [J. Drucker]

related works: Nothing else in my book works deals with family members or dynamics, but many
manuscripts and other writings do. [J.Drucker]

other influences: The cover image harks back to photographs of my brother as an infant. [J. Drucker]

community: other The book arts community in the Bay Area, just as intended audience. [J. Drucker]

Exhibition Information

exhibition history: Only in the context of larger exhibitions of my books.